Cricket Wireless Adjusts Plans – 8GB for $50/mo | 12GB for $60/mo

(11/14/17) UPDATE: Cricket has terminated their 8GB and 12GB data bucket plans. They now offer a 2GB, 5GB, and two unlimited type plans.

(1/25/17) - Data Plan Allotment Increases: AT&T's Cricket Wireless just announced that beginning January 27, 2017, it will be increasing the amount of high speed data included on its $60 plan. The plan will now offer 12GB of high speed data (previously 10GB). Cricket also reports that it has made their October 8GB promotion on the $50 plan permanent (prior to October the plan was 5GB/$50). There is no change to the $70 unlimited data Cricket plan - including the caveat that hotspotting is prohibited on the plan. On all other plans, mobile hotspot / tethering may be added to the base price for $10/month. The plans mentioned here are all still eligible for a $5/month auto-pay discount. For more details on the plans themselves, read on below.

Like MetroPCS, they typically include 5 GB for $50. Under this promotion, existing Cricket Wireless customers and new customers can activate or switch to the $50/plan and get 8GB of high speed data monthly, which will remain grandfathered in as long as the account remains active.

Cricket Wireless has not announced a deadline for when the promotion will end. announced on 1/26/17 that this promotion will become the typical offering for the $50 plan.

This plan also includes unlimited domestic calling, messaging and unlimited 128 Kbpsthrottled data after the first 8 GB.

Cricket Wireless also includes use to and from Canada and Mexico as part of their plans.

Cricket offers a $5/month savings when auto-pay is setup, and additional lines of service are discounted.

Some striking differences however from the MetroPCS deal to be aware of on Cricket Wireless include:

Data speeds while on LTE are always restricted to a maximum of 8 mbps down, and 4 mbps when on 4G/HSPA+.

Mobile hotspot / tethering is not included in the base price, but may be added on for $10/month.

Coverage is only included on AT&T owned towers, and does not include domestic roaming.

With this offer, Cricket Wireless remains a competitive choice for access to the AT&T network for a mobile RVers. AT&T's network is currently ranked second to Verizon, and is an ideal second carrier to have onboard. For comparison, AT&T's own GoPhone prepaid plans offers a $60/month plan with only 6GB of data (but at full LTE speeds).

Cricket Wireless also offers a $60/month plan that includes 10GB of data, and an unlimited data plan for $70/month (which, much to the chagrin of mobile internet consumers, has no option to add on mobile hotspot use).

Cherie has been a full-time technomad since 2007 joining up with her partner-in-crime Chris, and is currently splitting time exploring North America by boat and RV.
Growing up in a high tech household, she was using the internet since before it was called the internet. She absolutely needed reliable connectivity to take her software development business on the road in 2007 to work remotely.
After answering so many questions about mobile internet on their Technomadia blog (view their personal Mobile Internet Setup) we set out to create the Mobile Internet Resource Center to help the nomadic community stay connected.

Members, Please Log In to Comment on this Article.

Welcome to the Mobile Internet News Center - where we cover the mobile internet industry analyzed specifically for how it impacts RVers, cruisers and nomads.

About Us

The Mobile Internet Resource Center is brought to you by Two Steps Beyond LLC, and hosted by the technomads of:

Mission Statement

We offer unbiased mobile internet information specifically for US based RVers and Cruisers. We research the options, share our personal & professional experience and analyze industry news... so you can focus on what drives you.

This resource center is brought to you with the support of our nomadic community and funded by our premium members.